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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's gaffes should raise questions about his fitness for office
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For example, at a September 8 rally in South Dakota, the 2024 GOP presidential front-runner abruptly stopped mid-speech for 40 seconds as he awkwardly looked at the audience, his eyes darting around. Some of his supporters online asserted that Trump who had just said the United States was the greatest nation in the history of the world was overcome with emotion. Have you ever seen Trump overcome with emotion? Its hard for me to buy that explanation.
Regardless of the reason for the pause, imagine if Biden had abruptly stopped a speech midway through and began looking around the audience for more than half a minute? Much of the media and I dont mean just right-wing outlets would likely ask if Biden had become confused or had fallen ill, or if the teleprompter stopped working and he wasnt mentally able to fill the time? Such a clip of Biden would probably be played nonstop on cable news and dissected by pundits and even doctors specializing in cognitive issues.
But with Trump, there was no notice, although Frank Bruni took note of his lapses into incoherence in a New York Times column last week with the headline Trump Is Really Old, Too.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/17/opinions/trump-gaffes-obeidallah/index.html
GreenWave
(9,263 posts)Rorey
(8,513 posts)I don't want to seem insensitive. Trump doesn't have the ability to feel emotional about anything. He's an evil malignant narcissist.
Takket
(22,583 posts)rethugs get the benefit of the doubt for everything, Democrats get questioned about everything.
FalloutShelter
(12,772 posts)Caty Kay said: "Biden does it too."
No one corrected her.
Off it went.
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)Fawning interviews, neutral tone for terrorists and fools
harsh criticism or no coverage of Democratic Party accomplishments
.cause that horse dont need any help, has to be handicapped and weighed down so the slow nag can keep pace!
CBS ABC
same thing, basically same company, riding and coaxing and whipping the same tired terrorized horse with the same old terrorist jockey to the finish line.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)But they didn't. They put up a web page with some fact-checking, but as Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Inquirer noted, how many people are going to bother? I think he said 1 percent, which I thought was a generous estimate.
Nope, Welker let the defendant go off on full gish gallop, make a couple of feeble but ineffectual attempts at stopping him or correcting him, but in the end, it was every bit the lie parade people at DU predicted.
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)their tru feelings upon the public, trump just the messenger and the tool they always wanted willing to use terrorism.
MorbidButterflyTat
(2,633 posts)that people I had thought would know better, were praising her on social media, and posting a pic of her with President Obama and FLOTUS Michelle.
See? Not partisan at all.
IA8IT
(5,895 posts)RobinA
(10,158 posts)his fitness for office when he was in the primary the very first time. And not for age reasons.
republianmushroom
(17,811 posts)They have been dumb downed.
MorbidButterflyTat
(2,633 posts)"Gaffes"????
"GAFFES"??????
What the actual fuck is going on? CNN making the "both sides" bullshit, "Oh he just had a few gaffes, so did Biden, donchaknow."
I am truly stunned by how it seems every single day brings more and more normalizing of this INDICTED FUCKING TRAITOROUS CRIMINAL.
Me:
SouthernDem4ever
(6,618 posts)as long as they think they are in power criminal rule will reign.
raising2moredems
(710 posts)aka Vincent the Chin. Except TFG ego won't allow him to keep up "appearances" for very long.
Aussie105
(6,319 posts)Who took all these years to work that out?
Who is still pretending he was, is, and will be?
Trump has never been a complete person, never had the insight and intelligence to do the POTUS job.
He learnt little and left behind a trail of destruction while in the White House.
I'm thinking the polls that call this a 'close race' are rigged, and the MSM stuff going on are all designed to keep the Republican voters on their toes and willing to go out and vote next time.
Some underhanded shenanigans going on in the US at the moment. Misled, misfed, mistreated voters - time to switch off until voting time.
My suggestion - turn off MSM, ignore polls, and vote when the time comes.
Bucky
(55,334 posts)So, ironically, the thing you're saying makes him unfit for public office is those rare moments when he's unintentionally being honest.
ecstatic
(34,418 posts)fredamoss3
(82 posts)No further information needed.
leftyladyfrommo
(19,383 posts)DFW
(56,688 posts)You know, the one all immigrants must pass in order to become US citizens.
The trouble is, when he scores 27%, Fox Noise will rush to his defense, because 87% of their audience couldn't score any higher.